Abstract

Extracted from text ... SINUS HEADACHES: AN ovErvIEw
More than 90% of the population experience headaches at
some time. The simplest classification is into:
? a primary headache when the cause is not known
? a secondary headache when the headache can be associated
with a potential cause.
Many patients have secondary headaches associated with
nasal congestion with or without rhinorrhoea, an association
labelled by many patients (and by many primary care
physicians) as 'sinus headaches', which may result in referral
to an otolaryngologist. Current literature shows that most
of these sinus headaches fulfil the International Headache
Society (IHS) criteria for migraine headaches ..